A1 The Great North Road

Photographer Paul Graham spent two years (1981–1982) completing this documentary on the life and landscape of the Great North Road. Throughout these years, he made numerous trips along the A1, crossing and recrossing the length of the nation to record every aspect of life at the verge of this great road. The photographs reproduced in this book build not only into a significant documentary of the A1, but also provide a thread along which we can travel deep into the nation's heart, weaving a picture of England in the 1980s. The work includes text and design by Paul Graham, a foreword by Rupert Martin, and a technical note on the photographs. It is unpaginated and features 41 four-color plates.